git: 3630506b9dae - main - loader: implement framebuffer console

[Dan Mack]

On Wed, 6 Jan 2021, Dan Mack wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Jan 2021, Cy Schubert wrote:
>
>> In message <51035B54-FF30-41EE-BC4A-3D4E0ABD1B13 at me.com>, Toomas Soome
>> writes:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 6. Jan 2021, at 12:33, Peter Jeremy <peter at rulingia.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 2021-Jan-02 20:09:25 +0000, Toomas Soome <tsoome at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>>>> The branch main has been updated by tsoome:
>>>>> 
>>>>> URL: 
>>>>> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3630506b9daec9167a89bc4525638
>>> ea45a00769e
>>>> 
>>>> Note that this commit adds a hard build dependency on vtfontcvt(8)
>>>> but that tool is depends on the WITH_VT build option.  I suspect
>>>> that stand/fonts should be likewise dependent on WITH_VT
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Peter Jeremy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for pointing this out. We actually need to build vtfontcvt 
>>> uncondition
>>> ally, in addition to font files, we also need it to generate C code for 
>>> built
>>>  in font (used when there are no /boot/fonts).
>> 
>> Is this why my consoles are blank during boot? My laptop is blank during
>> boot until X starts. My three machines downstairs don't run X and remain
>> blank. There is no way to enable the display.
>>


Sorry my reply got garbled ...  My console is an hdmi connected monitor. 
The display works until FreeBSD boots and then it's just blank.  Something 
is broke; I am doing full buildworld / buildkernel (GENERIC builds) from 
the tip of main.

Dan

> I noticed this as well.  My test machine's HDMI connected console running 
> broken for a sec :-)
>
> I'm running FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT (GENERIC) #6 main-c255603-g225afb6cad9: Tue 
> Jan  5 11:20:42 CST 2021
>
> and still experiencing the issue.
>
> Dan
>
>
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